Sounds confused. the 3/5 representation thing was for the House of Reps, the
only directly elected body in them thar days. The function of the EC, if I
recall my Federalist Papers and the Debates on the Constitution, is to make
sure that the hoi poloi didn't elect a populist/radical/democratic
I understand that the electoral college was created in part to justify
the representation of slaves in the southern states. In other words, it
was a necessary part of the 3/5 representation. Michael Hoover always
knows about this sort of material."
At 09:26 PM 11/9/00 +, you wrote:
Sounds
Michael,
There was a column in the WSJ today claiming
that the original proposal for the electoral college
came from a guy (somebody Butler) who was
worried about foreigners buying off members of
Congress. The original proposal from Hamilton
and Madison was to have the House of Reps elect
